Valéry Barrier is a Managing Partner of Lilja & Co.

He joined Lilja & Co. in 2026 bringing 29 years of Investment Banking experience, with a particular focus on Equity Capital Markets transactions across Europe. Over the last ten years, he has personally led and advised clients in France, Benelux and Switzerland on more than 45 IPOs and 200 Equity and Equity-Linked transactions raising in excess of € 175bn. His experience covers both private and public equity capital markets across products.

Prior joining Lilja & Co., Valéry was with Citigroup, where he joined in 2015 and was appointed Head of Equity Capital Markets for Europe, Africa and the Middle East in 2018. Previously, he led Equity Capital Markets for France and Belgium at Credit Suisse First Boston for five years and subsequently held the similar responsibilities at Deutsche Bank for six years. He started his career in 1997 at Chase Manhattan in M&A Advisory and Acquisition Finance and later spent five years with Merill Lynch in Corporate Finance Advisory.

Valéry graduated with a Master in Management and Finance from EDHEC and holds a postgraduate degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.